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Classical political economy rests on the assumption that the market and the family are overlapping and mutually dependent realms, dominated in turn by economic men and domestic women. Here, Brian Cooper explores the role of economic theory in 'normalizing' the family in the first half of the nineteenth century. Drawing on a wide range of sources - novels, books on etiquette and statistical sources, as well as works of economics - the book examines the impacts of these different forms on contemporary debate and will be of interest to historians of economic thought, feminist economics and those

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This article focuses on work published by British travelers to Chile and Rio de la Plata who inspected mining association holdings in the region in the wake of the financial crisis of 1825–26. The travelers sought to determine whether it proved prudent to continue to direct British men, money, know-how, and equipment to the mines. They drew on the work of political economists to help establish the credibility of their observations and accounts, particularly with respect to the relationship between the lack of the division of labor and population in La Plata and Chile and prospects for future speculative investments in the mines. However, while political economists blamed the financial crisis on the uncertainty generated by the actions of the Bank of England and private banks, the commercial travelers focused on other sources of observational and representational error: principal-agent problems in the joint-stock mining associations, and the travelers' ignorance and prejudices about the region.

Cover -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of figures and tables -- List of contributors -- Preface -- Part I Psychiatric epidemiology and general practice: the development of a research field -- Chapter 1 The science of epidemiology: empirical data gathering, public-health action, or both? -- Chapter 2 Psychiatric illness, epidemiology and the general practitioner -- Chapter 3 The 'research magnificent' comes of age -- Chapter 4 Primary care and psychiatric epidemiology: the psychiatrist's perspective -- Part II Psychiatric field surveys in the primary health-care setting: an international perspective -- Chapter 5 Psychiatric morbidity in general practice: a community-wide perspective -- Chapter 6 Mental health care in primary health care: a case for action -- Chapter 7 Psychiatric illness and services in a UK health centre -- Chapter 8 Psychosocial complaints in general practice: a national survey in the Netherlands -- Chapter 9 Psychiatric morbidity and physical illness among general practice patients in Cantabria, Spain -- Chapter 10 Mental disorders in primary care in a health district of Bahia, Brazil -- Chapter 11 Use of services by homeless and disaffiliated individuals with severe mental disorders: a study in Melbourne -- Part III Psychiatric and general medical services: issues of patient selection, referral and treatment -- Chapter 12 The relationship of usual source of health care to the prevalence of psychiatric disorder and the utilization of ambulatory mental health services in the United States -- Chapter 13 Care of mental health problems in Finland: selection between primary medical and psychiatric specialist services